Transformative AI Action Weeks
Monthly intensive sprints on Transformative AI designed to give African researchers and students structured insights, hands-on tasks, and direct keynote dialogues with global leaders.
July 2026 • AI and Youth Futures
This summit-style Action Week focuses on how young people in Africa feel AI will determine their futures. We are centering a broader youth conversation with more speakers, an opening keynote, and a fireside chat.
Quests, Tasks & Fellowship Selection
Action Weeks are structured learning sprints on AI Safety. Participants complete tangible “actions” (reading papers, analyzing alignment benchmarks, writing risk briefs) prior to the next edition.
Consistent participants who submit standout quests earn recognized shout-outs and direct admission into the prestigious AI Safety Essentials Fellowship (AISEF).
Action Weeks Archive & Sessions
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Sprint Overview
This summit-style Action Week focuses on how young people in Africa feel AI will determine their futures. We are centering a broader youth conversation with more speakers, an opening keynote, and a fireside chat.
Keynote & Panel Lineup (3)
Panel 1
The Future of AI and Work In Africa
Panel 2
Balancing AI Innovation and Responsibility in Youth led Technologies
Panel 3
What Young People Want to See Changing in Africa's AI Space
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Sprint Overview
This edition explores how AI intersects with scientific research and innovation in African contexts. We will cover topics like AI for scientific discovery, challenges of AI in research, and how African scientists can leverage AI in their work.
Keynote & Panel Lineup (2)
Dara Adedeji
Human-Centered AI: Can Putting People First Make AI Safer?
Hadiza Yusuf
AI used in Systems which requires constant decision-making
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Sprint Overview
May is dedicated to exploring AI Capabilities and Alignment. This Action Week is designed to give young people from the African diaspora a working overview of how AI capabilities scale, the trade-offs in alignment that come with scaling, and ways they can start to think about possible interventions.
Keynote & Panel Lineup (2)
Gathoni Ireri
Running Africa-Centric Evaluations
Daniel Wachira
A talk on Pivoting into Technical AI Safety
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Sprint Overview
This edition explores how AI intersects with diplomacy, international cooperation, and foreign policy in African contexts. Explores multilateral governance and inclusive financing.
Keynote & Panel Lineup (1)
Fola Adeleke PHD
Africa's AI Future: Sustainable Entrepreneurship and a New Multilateralism
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Sprint Overview
This edition explores how AI intersects with legal frameworks and governance in African contexts. Partakers learn about AI-related legal challenges and opportunities for AI Governance.
Keynote & Panel Lineup (2)
Brenda W. Maina
The Case of AI Regulations in Africa
Dr. Samuel T. Segun
Socio-economic and political risks of AI to Africa
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Sprint Overview
This edition explores how AI intersects with our cultures, languages, and futures as Africans and members of the diaspora. Rather than starting with technical prerequisites, we turn to questions of representation, power, and locally grounded innovation.
Keynote & Panel Lineup (2)
Cynthia Amol
How AI is Shaping Our Identity
Bonaventure F.P. Dossuo
Should LLMs In our Language be a Priority?
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Sprint Overview
This edition introduces foundational concepts in AI Safety relevant to African contexts. It covers topics like AI governance, bias in AI systems, and ethical considerations in AI development.
Keynote & Panel Lineup (3)
Ifeoma Ilechukwu
A Short Intro to Existential Risks
Christian Abrokwah
What are Frontier AI Models?
Crystal Isanda
What's the fuss about AI Safety?